Igor Purlantov Favorite quote: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” - Mahatma Gandhi

Friday, February 12, 2016

Video: Orphaned Animals Learn to Love After Losing Their Mothers

The bond shared between animals and their parents is just as strong as that in humans. With this in mind, when a baby animal loses their parent – for any reason, the impact is absolutely devastating. Sadly, many baby wild animals are forced to face this tragedy as a result ofpoaching and the illegal wildlife trade. Many think that when anelephant is killed for their tusks, for example, they are the only victim. But what we don’t realize is that these animals live infamily and social groupsas complex as our own. And many times, when an adult is killed, they leave behind children.